Improvement in neck-wear and collar-supporters



To all whom it may concern :j

-ofa scarf.v

v'UNITED STATESy PATENT OFFICE JAMES A. EUSEEE, lOF EAST` BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS, Assis-Non To EIMSELE AND GEORGE n.. EAGEE, on SAMEPLACE,y

IMPROVEMENT'IN NECK-WEAR AND COLLAR-SuPPOareas.,A

Specification forming part oiLetters'Patent No. 41,668, dated February9, 1864.

-Be it known that I, JAMES A. BUSHEE, a

vresident of East Boston, in the countyo' Suffolk and State. ofMassachusetts, have in vented a new and useful Neckscarf and(lollar-Supporter; and I do hereby declarethe same to be fully'describedin the following specification and representedin the accom panyingdrawings, of which- Figure 1 denotes, a front View of a scarfrandashirt-collar or dickey7 as connected together by myjnvention.. Fig. 2is a section of.'

the same. Fig. 3 is a front view of the collar` with the supportersuspended from it.

The object of nny invention is to provide a ready vmeans of applying abosoln'scarf to, or securing it to, a shirt-collar, as well as toenablea short piece of. cloth to 'serve the purpose In the draw`ings Adenotes the shirtlcollar,

and B the scarf. C is apiece ofcard or a thin b, and looped on thebutton. v ,p

Inv order to use the invention, the upper part of the scarf isto befolded over or bent aroundllie lower edge of the supporteror plate C,after .'which the said'edge and the part so lapped or bent around it areto be turned npward and passed or inserted underneath the parts ce,(ofthe collar,) turned or folded dow'n On the band d ofit, as showninthe'drawings.

The contractile power of the spring will then Operate to maintain theSupporter andiifthe scarf in place or connection with the collar.

Furthermore, the plate G audits spring by their action will operate tokeep the front of "the collar close up to the n eck of the wea-rer. vIclaim-f A'collar and scarf supporter, made substantially as'describedand combined with acollarand scarf, in manneriand for the purpose asexplained. A

.JAMES A.l BUSEEE.

